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Plau⋅en

[plou-uhn]
–noun
a city in E Germany. 78,632.
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Plau·en   (plou'ən)   
A city of east-central Germany south-southwest of Leipzig. Founded by Slavs in the 12th century, it passed to Bohemia in 1327 and to Saxony in 1466 and became a textile-milling center in the 15th century. Population: 68,400.
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